Chapter 3

Wally woke up to find that he was looking right up Kuki's nightshirt. He immedeatly closed his eyes praying that he wouldn't see that again. She hummed a pretty song until she left the room. Wally finally opened his eyes. He saw a note placed on his bed.

Dear Wally,
I am going to school today. I wont be going to school any other day of the week though. I just have finals and I don't want to miss them. I'll talk to you later! Bi!

Kuki

Wally sighed. Yesterday had been awkward, but today he wanted to get to know her better. He didn't know what on earth to do in Japan, so he just walked around the neighborhood. Then he decided to have a look at the stores. He found one store that liked. It was an anime comic store filled with his favorite series. DBZ! He read a few of them that weren't published yet in America yet(They were Japanese with English subtitles) and was entertained for about 2 hours. Kuki wasn't getting home for another 4 hours. He decided to go back to Kuki's place and watch tv. He soon found out that TV was in Japanese, not English. All the English shows were out of date and in Japanese. He grunted and went up to Kuki's room. Doing a little bit of scavenger hunting shouldn't hurt, right? So he looked through her room.

He was in there for about an hour until he gave up on finding anything good. He got up and hit his head on something hard. He had never noticed a pretty wooden box that was hidden on her dresser. He opened it and looked inside to find a piece of paper that said MUSHI! GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!!! It sounds private... but I'm not Mushi, now am I? I guess I could... and before he could control himself, he began to look into the box. Inside was a book. Wally figured it was a journal. He picked it up to find 4 more in there! He took them all out. They had a number on each one of them. Wally decided to start with number one. It was green and had little dragons on it. He began to read.

Dear Diary,

Today school was horrible! I forgot my homework and teacher punished me! When I went to recess I was sad. No one wants to be my friend. I want to make friends and I'm friendly, but no one will accept me. Maybe I'll run away. My only friend is someone whom I never met. His name is Wally. I met him on the internet today. We got signed together as pen pals on a website. He was really nice, but a little mean. Just a little. He talked to me a lot! I'm glad. I have a sort of friend like Wally. At least I have one good thing in my life.

Kuki, 5-30-95

Wally was shocked. Eager to find more, he pressed on reading the book until he heard a knock and an IM HOME! HE panicked and put all the books back in the box. Kuki came in her room to find Wally just sitting there.

"You weren't sitting here the whole day, were you?!" Wally shook his head and said, "Nah, I went and read a little at the stores."

She smiled. "Well, since were together at last, I want to get to know you better! Let's take a walk and talk!" Wally smiled. HE wanted more than anything to get Kuki's attention. So they walked. They walked for hours on end talking about things they never told each other. At dinner time, they came in and ate. Wally got fairly better at chopsticks. He was going to go straight into her room, but he knocked.

"Yes?"

"Can I come in? It's Wally."

"Oh! Of course!" and he walked in.
Wally shifted around uncomfortably. He wanted so badly to tell her how he felt, but he was a little shy. Instead he asked, "How was school?"
They started talking about school until a topic came up. Wally asked, "So... you like any guys at school?" He wanted to know if she liked him, but he couldn't ask her directly.

"Why would I tell you something like that?"

"I just want to know!"

"Well, I don't want to tell you!"

"Okay okay! God... are you pmsing?"

"WHAT?!"

"What? Is it something I said?"

"YES! I am not pmsing! I just don't feel comfortable talking like this! That's all!"

"Well you don't have to shout!"

"Why are you wondering anyway?"

"It was just a question!"

"WHY?!"

"Jeez, look who's got a bee in her undies."

"WHAT?!"

Wally had had enough. He had insulted the love of his life and got in a fight. Wally had a very short temper and an even shorter tolerance for fighting. Soon he began talking without realizing what he was saying.

"I JUST WANTED TO KNOW! GOD! IVE LOVED YOU SINCE I TALKED TO YOU! YOU WERE MY FIRST FRIEND! YOU ARE MY ONLY FRIEND! I READ YOUR DIARY! IT'S THE SAME FOR YOU! I KNOW IT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT?! YOU ARE THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME! AND FIGHTING WITH YOU GETS ME PISSED! I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH YOU! I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER KUKI SANBAN! IVE LOVED YOU FOREVER! IVE NEVER HAD A GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND! I WOULD NEVER LET HOPE SLIP FROM MY GRASP! I KNEW I MIGHTVE NEVER MET YOU BUT I DID! AND WHEN I DID I WANTED TO NEVER LEAVE! YOU HELD MY HAND! I FELL ON YOU! THOSE MIGHTVE BEEN EMBARRASING, BUT THEY WERE SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS IM MY LIFE! I GOT MYSELF WORKED UP TO MEET YOU AND NOW YOU HATE ME! BUT I STILL LOVE YOU!"